> > Unfortunately for the climate modellers solar output went in the > shitter with the current solar cycle and all of the common models > assume a relatively stable solar output (since they're designed to > model earth-based changes to the climate). Nobody except the > historians have anything approaching an accurate idea of what's going > to happen to the climate if the current solar cycle stays on its > low-output course, or worse if the next Solar Cycle is similarly low). > And the historical data presupposes a starting point distinctly warmer > than 2006/2007 (The Medieval Optimum Period which ended between 1200 > and 1250AD with the start of the Little Ice Age). >
whatever the causes of climate change, and whether it's good or bad overall, it does have some interesting side-effects and benefits: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7580294.stm Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
